In this round, only the owners of existing Pennsylvania casinos can bid for a satellite casino, but neither the Rivers nor the Meadows will confirm they are bidding.

One area that wants a casino — Lawrence County.

“We feel that Lawrence County has a lot to offer in terms of its geographic location, the number of interstates that either run directly through our county or near our county,” says Lawrence County Commission Chair Dan Vogler. “And the fact when you take our county’s population and add the counties that surround us, you got about a million people.”

The county reached out to all potential bidders and Vogler is in Harrisburg to attend the first auction.

“I hope at least one of the bids has the words Lawrence County on it,” he said.

We’ll find out soon.

Again, only one license to the highest bidder is awarded on Wednesday.

Then, a second sealed envelope from that winner will be opened to see the location of the new casino.

Every two weeks the process will be done all over again — until all 10 new licenses are issued.